353170 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/12/19/national/japan-oks-reduced-post-311-disaster-reconstruction-budget/The government approved a plan Thursday to drastically reduce its budget for reconstruction of areas hit by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster due to progress in ongoing projects. For the five years from fiscal 2021, the government projects to spend some ¥1.5 trillion for reconstruction of such areas, mainly in Tohoku.Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:27:00 +0100japantimes-55d34d15b2c4454595ce651794054e6120191219102700https://www.coolbusinessideas.com/archives/undersea-telecom-cables-may-double-as-earthquake-detectors/As you might imagine, installing seismic sensors on the ocean floor isn’t an easy task . Recently, however, scientists were able to detect seabed seismic activity using something that was already down there – a fiber optic telecommunications cable. The project involved researchers from the....Thu, 19 Dec 2019 09:11:00 +0100coolbusinessideas-4c9cb62b8e43dd6e8fe123b8db3e009820191219091100https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/olympics/tokyo-olympics-preparing-for-everything-including-a-quake/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_allTOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Olympic organizers and government officials are preparing for everything, including an earthquake taking place during next year’s games. They ran a simulation disaster drill on Thursday at the new Ariake venue that will be the site for gymnastics during the Olympics. The drill presumed a 7.Thu, 19 Dec 2019 08:02:00 +0100seattletimes-f867b4a0d73f64b4face1fa9a25fc3f320191219080200https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12295472&ref=rssPonsonby's library, housed in the 114-year-old Leys Institute buildings, will close from 5pm on Friday because it would be dangerous in an earthquake. Auckland Council, which owns the two buildings, has known the buildings were potentially earthquake-prone since last year.Thu, 19 Dec 2019 07:35:00 +0100nzherald-2f36f96e56f1ba99e816db915299794c20191219073500